IDNO

LS.51098.GIJ

Description

A chief dressed in a long tunic made of fine damask and wearing a velvet and embroidered hat with a pompom on top, around the rim of the hat is lettering with the word chief printed on it. He is holding a wooden stick in one hand. In the background to the left are two women wearing identical blouses and wrappers and children. To the right are other spectators and a building in the background.

Place

W Africa; ?Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.51098.GIJ to LS.51099.GIJ were found with the piece of paper now numbered C247/1/ which was in wooden box formerly numbered 22. It has now been renumbered C247/ by the cataloguer.

The inscription on the box as well as a descriptive list of slides pasted on the inside lid of the box indicates that it originally contained lantern slides from the Fens and belonged to D.G. Reid.

However, the lantern slides are attributed to G.I. Jones because the handwriting on the papers found inside wooden box C246/ is similar to the handwriting on the papers found inside wooden box C247/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Alicia Fentiman 18/3/2008]